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Dantheman62 · 02-26-2009, 06:13 PM

This is from Kathleen

Thanks for the link Dan! A new place to explore. http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclo...of_Kerala.html

"At first, scientists thought that sand blown in from Arabia might be responsible. But microscopic examination of the red particles in the rain, by Indian goverment scientsists and also, independently, by Godfrey Louis and his research student A. Santhosh Kumara at Mahatma Gandhi University (Kottayam, Kerala), showed that they were definitely not sand grains. They more closely resembled cells and appeared to be biological in origin. They were composed of 50% carbon, 45% oxygen, plus smaller amounts of other elements."

"This picture shows a single cell with a shrunken membrane containing what appear to be 'daughters' cells. Two of the daughters have well-defined cell walls while the third structure may be a further daughter in the process of development. Oddly, it does look like a classic "alien" face! Wickramasinghe also claims to have found DNA in the cells but says this needs to be confirmed. Image: © Cardiff Centre for Astrobiology, Cardiff University. "

02-26-2009, 06:13 PM	#9
Dantheman62 Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: So. Cal. U.S. Posts: 4,205	Re: Red Rain is Falling Down This is from Kathleen Thanks for the link Dan! A new place to explore. http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclo...of_Kerala.html "At first, scientists thought that sand blown in from Arabia might be responsible. But microscopic examination of the red particles in the rain, by Indian goverment scientsists and also, independently, by Godfrey Louis and his research student A. Santhosh Kumara at Mahatma Gandhi University (Kottayam, Kerala), showed that they were definitely not sand grains. They more closely resembled cells and appeared to be biological in origin. They were composed of 50% carbon, 45% oxygen, plus smaller amounts of other elements." "This picture shows a single cell with a shrunken membrane containing what appear to be 'daughters' cells. Two of the daughters have well-defined cell walls while the third structure may be a further daughter in the process of development. Oddly, it does look like a classic "alien" face! Wickramasinghe also claims to have found DNA in the cells but says this needs to be confirmed. Image: © Cardiff Centre for Astrobiology, Cardiff University. "